Eye-shield.



C. N, BRUZAUD.

BYE SHIELD.

APPLATION FILED DE.16, 1911. '1,079,287'. Patented Nov. 18, 1913.

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CARLOS N. BRUZAUD, F NITW YORK, N. Y.

Applicatie-n le'd leeember 1G, 15H1.

l improvements in Eye-Shields, or' whie'h the :following is a specification.

This invention relates to wearing apparel 'and more particularly to attachments therefor in the nature oli eye shields.

One ofV the principal objects of the invention is the provision of a simple and efficient goggle or eye shield attachment:- Whieh may be conveniently and 1' zadily attaehed to the ordinary type olf` eap now coinmonly used by motorists, hunters, yachtsnien,` and so t'ortli. i A

A" turther object ol the invention 'isthe provision Ot' an attaehinent of this charae ter wherein the goggles or eye shields may be conyenientlyheld over the eyes or held irelevated position or beneath the vizor ot' the cap.y

Further objects of this invention will ap pear as the following speeitie description is read in connection' withthe accompanying drawings, whieh forni a part ot this ap plicaton, and in which :-v

Figure l is a sectional view through the cap showing the goggles or eye shields in raised position beneath the vizor. llig. 2 is n front elevation-showing the Shield in lowered position and with a portion of the vizor broken away. Fig. 3 is a eef-tional view ou the line S--S of Fig. 2. '.l1`ig. l is a eeetional View on the line "lf-fil oli Fig. l. Fig. 5 is a perspeetive viewof the shield4 attaehing member. `l1`ig. (i is a horizontal seo tional view showing a inodil'ieation.

Referring more partieularly to the drawings, l represents un ordi-nary eap which is provided as is usual with a band 2. and a] vizor i3. Secured lo the band 2 immediately beneath the vizor 'is' an ultarhing device whie'n is eonstrurled 'olf a. single piet-e ol lnetal or in any other manner desirable and consists ol2 a base -fl havingprojeeting lat erally therefrom a plurality ot apertnred at-v taching ears 5, by whieh the attmhnient may` be readily Hewed, riveted, or otherwise at-v taehed to the band. Bent up from opposite Sides ol' the base are separate arinsl whinh extend in parallel relation to earh other and are provided with journal holes 7 for a. purpose lobo lnreinal'ler deseribed. iongitudinal extension ot' the base 1S bent bank Specification et' Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 155, Milli. Serial No. GGGDM.

ordinary automobile goggles and. eoneiets' o'li the usual malleable `traine t) which itI iS. i of eouree, understood may be bent as desired to contorni the salue to the t'aee of the` wearer. 'lhis trame is eonstrueled in the usual manner with the glasses i0 therein but in this instance "is: provided with a` transverse extension ll preferably formed inle gral with the Atraine and being provided with lateral arms l2 whieh nel. as journz'ils to enter tho journal holes-T in the arin C.

4'lhese journals Aare torined by bending a `ridge in the body olf the extension and in the arios l2 and then rolling the arios into eireular torni. 'l'he extension ll projeeis sullieiently beyond the rib whieh is int'licated at lil to torni a lip :ll `whirh hears direetly against the .spring 8 and eoinpresses the same when the goggles or shield is raised :l'roni op(eratife to inoperative position or viee versa. lt will readily be seen that when the goggles are in lowered position, the upper outwardly ein-ved end olthe spring S will engage the lip and hohl the goggles lirnily in operatife position, while when the goggles are raised to inoperative position, the lip will be arranged upon the opposite Side of the pivotal renter and thus be held by the springs against` displaemnent.

ln the niodiliealion shownin llig. (i, the base 1l is providml with lateral extensions 'l5 having pointed ends; l0. 'lhese extensions are in the nature ot penetratingprongs whieh. are adapted to pass through the band twiee and be bent over the base beneath the first return o'l the spring, thus the attachnient may be 'readilyr seeured to the eap wil..h-

out. the use ol stitehing, rivets, or other in` dependent Instelling devufef.; ily pivoting the goggles 1n tine manner lo the eap, they 'rnay be either held inoperative posit-ion over 4the eyes so as lo shield the saine or niay'be conveniently held beneath the vizor vofthe rap 1n an out-ot-theway position when not needed, thereby obriating the neeessity o'l ta king olll the goggles and putting them into the porltet where they are liable lo` heroine broken or. strapping thein' over theieap, a prat-tire whieh is now eoninionly 1n vogue. A i i lt will be eleal'lj.' understood that by a `slight. modification, the .saine deviee may' lili 

